Year 2 Pirate Day
Hall House was full of swashbuckling pirates last Friday and there were plenty of cutlasses and parrots as well. First of all the pirates worked hard to follow the coded clues and find the hidden doubloons. Next on the agenda was baking and decorating of pirate biscuits in the Food Tech room, with thankfully no worms […]
2019 UK Youth Parliament Election
On Wednesday the Upper Years voted for their choice of candidate for the UK Youth Parliament. Leela R in Year 7 was standing along with two other candidates. We heard the candidate information from all three. Leela told us about the issues that are important to her and why she wants to be an MYP. […]
FECS Letter 15th February
Last week’s quiz was yet another fabulous success with in excess of 40 keen participants taking part. A huge thank you to Jerry Rhill and Christian Brook for yet again delivering a highly entertaining night of trivia! Today is Year 1’s turn to raise the stakes in the Hall House cake sale competition, for […]
International Day 3rd April 2019
Dear Parents/Carers, Hello, I am Leela R, a pupil of Exeter Cathedral School and I am organising international day with the help of a committee and teachers. I am in year seven and I am interested in culture and politics. I am writing to you today about International Day. International day is where we celebrate […]
Headmaster’s Blog
No-one’s quite sure who first came up with the phrase ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. A bit of Googling and a quick scroll through the archives of the New York Times reveals that the catchy expression was first said by all of: Frederick Barnard in 1921, an unnamed Japanese philosopher a few hundred years […]
Expecto Patronum: Harry Potter Book Day
There was much merriment in the Chantry Library on Thursday as ECS celebrated Harry Potter Book Day. At lunchtime, the Sorting Hat proved extremely popular as did the Quaffle throwing Quidditch competition which was won by Gryffindor. The celebration ended with quiz with questions based on the second book in the Harry Potter series: The Chamber […]
Artist of the Week
Artist of the Week – Evie (Year 8) for her incredibly colourful (and large) self portrait, with just a hint of Jackson Pollock in the paint work.
Sport News
The Netball U13A and U13B teams have been out and about this week. A fantastic effort from all the girls against St Peter’s. Well done to all those that played. U13A and U13B Hockey: An excellent effort from the boys this afternoon. A great defensive performance and demonstrated a great deal of application and determination. Well […]
Visit by Devon Wildlife Trust
Have you heard of the “Sorting-hat Spider”? Which British mammal is born a “hoglet”, has long back legs, can run at 20 miles per hour and enjoys unsalted peanuts? Paul form Devon Wildlife Trust spoke to Year 4, posing just such questions. This enrichment activity came at the perfect time amidst our Habitats topic in […]
UNPLUG: Fundraising for Farms for City Children
Dear Parents and Guardians, I am delighted to be able to write to you to introduce the upcoming ECS UNPLUG, which will take place on Friday 15th February 2019, in aid of Farms for City Children, our chosen local charity of the year. In the words of founder Sir Michael Morpurgo… “Unplug is a chance […]
